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TTARRTST-UBG- RT EPENDENT. EXPLOKEJMVELLMAN. He Discusses His Failure to Roach the North Pole, WAGES AHIILLIIAN. Evidence Before the Strike Investigation Commission. TESTIMONY OF A SEAMSTRESS.

THE KING OF SIAM DEAD. 'An Kallirhteaed Mooaroh Who Promoted and Tranquility. Victoria, U. Aug. 17.

Dispatches per steamer Tacoma announce the death of the king of Siam. Hor majesty's steamship Rattler has been dispatched to Siamese waters to anticipate possible trouble over the succession. The dead king, who reigned for mors than twenty-six years, was named Chula-longkorn I as sovereign, but his family name was Suurdetch Phra Paramindr Maha. He was born Sept. SI, 1853, succeeded his father on Oct.

1, 1808. aud wai riANY Starve) TO DEATH THE NATIONAL CYCLISTS. New Records In tha One Mil and Flva Mile Races. Denver, Aug. 17.

The national racing tournament of the League of American Wheelmen was Inaugurated here yesterday iu the presence of over 10,000 people. There was some disappointment over the non-appearance of J. S. Johnson, the Minneapolis champion. His wheel broke iu the mile open trial in the morning, and he did not qualify.

Tbe records lowered yesterday are those for the one mile novice, one mile open and five mile national championship. Lee Richardson, of Chicago, went against the half mile record for backward riding, and reduced it from t. 47 to 3.33. Tbe mile novice was paced by Caffiu and Phillips, and the result was the fastest mile ever ridden in a novice race. The first championship race was that of mile.

Twelve men started. Sanger went clear of the bunch in the lHck stretch, hut gave up iu the straight. Bald, the winner, is from Buffalo. The fourth event, the one mile open, created' the greatest enthusiasm of the day. Sanger took the lead and hold it until 200 feet from the tape.

Here Sanger, Titus, Brown and Bald were all lapping each other. Sanger had the pole or was close to it, and Titus, coming very fast, cut inside of him. Sanger's wheel was seen to wobble for an instant, and Titus and Brown finished ahead of him. Titus was disqualified for foul riding and Brown was given first place, with Sanger second and Bald third. Titus' time was 2.10 3-5, which is the record for a scratch race.

Brown, the winner, is a Cleveland man. In the two mile handicap Barnett, ot Lincoln, who had a handicap of 190 yards, passed tbe leader iu the second mile and won by 200 feet. In the five mile championship seven men started. Titus won, and beat the world's record for five miles in competition, making the distance iu 12.191-5. Murphy, of Brooklyn, was second, and Ziegier, ef California, third.

UP TO CONCERT PITCH. A Boslnaaa Man Give HIi Kxparlanco anil Tall How UaUals Alone MmIj ithout Going Away. 'No vacation for me this year." Mr. J. Z.

Clinton a promlnont bust-beit wan seemed quite cheerful as he made this remark. "No," be said, "hard times and business cares present my usual holiday; but, lot me tell you I am not so disappointed as I would have beeu lu former years." How is that? "Because I am enjoying sound health. 1 never felt better in my life. Iu spite of overwork aud auxlety, I mauage to ieep strong and vigorous aud instead of suffering from tired feelings, dyspepsia aua nervousness as I did iu years gone by. I feel like a uew man.

Kveu now I shudder as I think of the miserable symptoms I once experienced. What were they? Well, generally a headache In the morning; dull heaviness or aohiug at the base of the brain; wakefulness loss ot appetite aud disgust with food; loss of niautal energy ana interest iu ordinary duties aud business; restiessuess sud anxiety without any assignable reason; bad breath; giddiness; palpitation of the heart; sallowuess of the skin; coated tongue aud gradual failure of strength and ambition. 1 consulted doctor after doctor and with but oue exception I recivsd the same advice, namely to take a three months' vacation. This 1 oould not do. At last, I consulted' another physiclau and the result of our conversation was that he advised roe to tako pre-digesled food about which I cad heard a great deal.

But I had bad some experience with cod-liver oil aud feared that this fnod might be somethtug like it aud equally I said I preferred to try something else. The. doe-tor, however, persisted. 'This he said, 'is not a drug or a medloiue nor a greasy mixture like cod-liver oil. It is a pure starch food, totally different irora anything that has ever been introduced belore.

Its davor is delioious, it is most refreshing, and it is stimulating to the weakest stomach. Take my word for it, and you will fiad Paskola is just what you So upon this recommendation I commenced taking Paskola." Aud wht has beeu the result? "A decided victory for Paskola. Before many days bad pasted, I ieit much better. All the miserable symptoms I bad formerly endured passed away, and 1 fouud thai by taking Paskola 1 could cat well and digest well. I also gained a healthy appetite and a feeling of fresh gor toat was simply wonderful.

I took Paskola with great relish, tor I found that, as the doctor had said, it has a very pleasant taste. Uulike all other health foods it causes no bloalinz sensations. Being cre-digested, it is absorbed by tbe system the instant It Is swallowed thus imparting nourishment immediately. The result is, I no lunger suffer from Indigestion, while under the nourishing influence of Paskola my weight his increased from 120 to 155 pouuds iu the past two mouths. i hud it a spendid thing to take at noon, alter a morning's hard work and at night when business is ended.

It seems to take away that feeling of weariness and nervous train lrora whioh most business uieu sulfur. As I say, it has done so much for uie aud made me so strong and well, that I have no need for a vacation eveu if I had the time and opportunity to take oue." Such statements as this are being continually made by people of all classes aud such unsolicited praise Is tbe best evidence that Paskola owes its wonder-lul popularity to merit alone. You cau obtain Paskola of any good druggist and a free pamphlet will be ruailod by the Pre-digested Pood 30 Heads Street, New York. A Notorious Outlmw Shot Down. PORT Gibsox, I.

Aug. 17. The notorious outlaw and escaped convict, John Fields, is dead. He rode into Brnggs, a small town near here, and was advised to leave at once. Instead he went Into the store of T.

R. Madden, where a deputy sheriff named Johnson undertook to ar WILL TRY IT AGAIN NEXT TEAE. Professor Owen B. French, of tha Const and Geodetic Survey at Washington, Surveys a Large Part of tha Coast and Adda Several Capes to tha Map. TnoMsoK, Xorway, Aug.

17. Walter Wellmau with his crew of the crushed steamer Rngnvald arrived here on Wednesday by the fishing yacht Berntlne, Captain Johnsen, from North Spitsbergen. All the members of the party are well. Discussing the failure of the expedition to reach the pole Mr. Wellmau said to a representative of the Associated Press; "After the loss of tbo Ragnvald Jarl and the consequent breaking up of my lino of retreat 1 was compelled to modity my plans for the hummer's work and make sure of being able to return to the coast of Spitsbergen earlier than intended, though the expedition reached within a few miles of the Hist parallel on May 13, eleven days from Tromsoe.

"The season had then chauged to the other extreme. North of Seven Islands, situated at the extreme north of Spitzber-geu, as far as we could see, were masses of heavy, unbroken ice, which appeared absolutely impassable. "The expedition then turued its face east along the nortbeust land, and though the northeast gales quickly broke up the ice, which had promised to afford smooth and easy traveling, the whole northeast land was explored. "The scientific men of the party made many Interesting observations in geology aud natural history. Professor Owen B.

French, of the coast and geodetic survey, Washington, accurately surveyed a large part of the coast. Among the points added to the mup by virtue of the discoveries made during this survey are Capes Gresham, Whitney, Armour and Scott and Walsh Island. "On July 1, with seven men nnd an aluminum boat, I started to force my way north over the pack ice. But I was compelled after several days of frightful straggle with the ice to give up the attempt. "On July 4 I started to return to Wal-den Island, crossing Dove bay.

We were all compelled for hours to wade through water waist high. The screwing of the pack ice threatened to destroy the boats and sledges, but though thoy were subjected to the hardest usage the ulumiuum boats came through uninjured. "We reached Walden Island July 23, where we waited a fortnight in vain for open water, and on Aug. 4 decided to push through the ice. "The attempt, which was a most dangerous one, was wholly successful, aud our four boats reached Law Island on Aug.

6, where we sighted the Berntine. Eventually we hired her to convey our party to Tromsoe. We sailed from Low Island on Aug. 7, and reached Dane's Island on Aug. 8.

There we took off Professor Oyen, the geologist, and Hyerdahl.the sportsman from the University of Christiana, and the stores which they were guarding for us. "Though we were unable to get as far north as we hoped in 1894 on account of the loss of our steamer, and the bad nature of the season, I am determined to try the Spitzbergen route again in lS9o." Threatened Lynching; In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Aug. 17. David C.Wiseman, 3 years of age, attacked Nellie Davis, a 30year-old girl, on the street last night, dragged her into a vacant lot and attempted to assault her.

The girl's cries attracted a policeman, who shot at Wiseman and drove him away. Wiseman was afterward captured by a posse of citizens, among whom lynching was threatened. Wiseman, in an agony of fright, begged tbe policemen to shoot him rather than allow violence. He was finally lodged in jail. Miss Davis' condition is serious.

Emma Goldman Released. Xew York, Aug. 17. Emma Goldman, the anarchists' heroine, was released today from the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island. She entered the prison ten months ago, a general sessions jury having found her guilty of making an incendiary speech in Union square to the unemployed.

Imprisonment, it is said, has had no effect on the woman's principles, and it is probable that she will agitate more determinedly for anarchism than ever. Stabbed by Playmate. Pottsvillb, Aug. 17. An 11-year-old boy named Nice was brought down from Girardville and lodged in jail, to await the result of injuries inflicted by him on another boy named McDonald.

The boys quarrelled while playing, and Xlce drew a pocketknife and stabbed Mo-Donald in the stomach and between the ribs. McDonald is lying in a critical condition, and it is not thoug ht possible for him to live. Culberson for Governor ef Texas. Dallas, Aug. 17.

The Cleveland Democracy, headed by George Clark, rode over the free silver sixteen to one ratioites by a vote of 451 to 415. Had the minority report for free silver at the ratio of sixteen to one report been adopted there is a probability that the straight Cleveland men would have bolted the convention. Congressman David B. Culberson was nominated for governor by acclamation. Dallas' Latest Murder Mystery.

Dallas, Aug. 17. Last evening an unknown man was found dead under the Trinity river Commerce street bridge, from which high structure he had been thrown over the high railing by unknown parties, and his neck broken. His body was badly bruised by blows. H.is pockets had been rifled of everything except a email knife and a five cent piece.

There is no clew. Crushed to Death In Sawar Trenen. South Bend, Aug. 17. The big trunk sewer being constructed in Michigan avenue caved in, and several workmen were entonibecVat a depth of twenty-five feet.

All were rescued with but slight injuries except Henry Leder, a Belgian, aged 24, from Mollne, who was crushed to death by the mass of falling dirt and timber. Big Carpet Works te Rasnma. Carlisle, Aug. 17. The Stephens Beetem carpet factory of this place, the largest textile establishment in this part of the state, will resume operations on Monday after a protracted idleness, giving employment to a large number of hands.

Reduotlons Came Sa Frequently That Bo-fore the Strike tha Poorer Workers Earned but Fifty Cents a Day Tha Reductions la Other Departments. Chicago, Aug. IT. Before the strike commission yesterday Miss Jennie Curtis, president of the Girls' uuion at Pullman, testified that her fat hor had been in the employ of the Pullman company for fif-teeu years until shortly before his death last year. At the time of his death he whs delinquent in his rjnt to the amount of $o0.

The company compelled her to assume tbe debt and sign a contract to pay it out of her wages at the rate of $3 a week. Some weeks she had so little left from her watte that she could not pay board. In 1S93 the poorest seamstress earned $1.50 a day. Before the strike the best of them had got down to seventy and sixty cents a day, while the poorer needlewomen could make only forty to fifty cents. Theodore Rhode, representing the painters' department, said he had worked for the company twelve years, and had been gradually cut down until he could uot make a day.

The foremen abused the men, aud the management experimented with the materials until piece workers could make nothing. He had not applied for work since the strike because the company compelled every man to surrender card of membership in the Railway union and sign an agreement to have nothing to do with any labor organization for five years. R. W. Combes, of the freight car shops, had been in the employ of the company for ten years.

Where men in that department were able to earn 2.25 a day, piece work, they were not able to make more than sixty-eight cents a day in March of this year. Between 1SSS and 1891 there had been no reductions, but iu November of 1893 came a cut that made difference of S3 in a freight car, and t) of this fell on the car carpenter. The witness said he had 43.50 left from his February wages after he had paid his rent, and with the $3.50 he was expected to support a wife and two children. After hearing the evidence of Combes the commission adjourned for. the day.

Will Not Unseat Thompson. TrestoS, Aug. 17. The summing up in the Thompson contested election case was concluded yesterday afternoon by ex-Judge Rankin, counsel for Mr. Thompson.

The committee then adjourned, to meet in Jersey City Sept. 7 to prepare a report to submit to the legislature at ita October session. No formal views were exchanged, but private conversations indicate that the report will not favor unseating Thompson. The Republican members will, however, iu their report charge that gross frauds were practiced, but will admit that the committee could not secure proof of a sufficient nature of illegal votes to overcome Thompson's big major-ity. Royal Warrant for American Swindlers Chicago, Aug.

17. A royal German warrant arrived here yesterday for the arrest of a gang of expert swindlers who have beeu working European cities, and who are thought to be hiding in Chicago. The warrant calls for the arrest of seven well dressed and highly educated men, mostly Americans, whose names are given as follows: George Gray, Henry S. Fen-ton, Henry Morris, Stanley Brown, William Thomas, Hurst and Thomas Butler. The men are said to have traveled in magniflcant style, and reaped a rich harvest by meaus of bogus letters of credit.

Mr. Whitney Comisc Bonk New York, Aug. 17. Hon. William C.

Whitney has booked passage on the Majestic, which will sail from Liverpool on Aug. 22. There has been some talk of Dominating Whitney for governor this fall, but according to his friends this is all gabble. as the ex-eecretary of the navy is out of politics, and is more interested iu business enterprises than in any politick advancement, especially year. A Self Confessed Flrebu) Kansas Citt, Aug.

17. J. M. Logan, a self confessed firebug, was arrested here yesterday. He says he has been starting fires iu various towns all over the country for some years.

He mentioned Providence, R. and Rock Island a places he had started his biggest fires. He glories iu the recital cf his incendiarism. It seems to be a mania with him. He has served several terms in penitentiaries.

To Saeoeed Governor Tillman. Columbia, S. Aug. 17. The reform convection yesterday nominated John Gary Evans for governor and Dr.

Tim-merman for lieutenant governor. This is equivalent to election, as the conservative Democrats are having nothing to do wn the election. The rest of the ticket will be nominated at a primary to be held Aug. SS. Evans is only 31 years old and is the author of the dispensary law.

Bloody Blot at Revival. Brazil, Aug. 17. At a negro revival west of the city several drunken toughs endeavored to break up the services by assailing the participants with clubs and stones. A general fight followed, in which razors and revolvers were freely used.

Several persons are reported severely, if not fatally wounded. The affair has caused much excitement among the colored people. Ohio Fopnlleta In Convention. Columbus, Aug. 17.

The Populists state convention was called to order in a grove west of the city. The attendance was not less than the largest gathering ever held by the party in Ohio. J. S. Coxey, the originator of the Commonweal army, was the lion of the occasion.

Th ommittee on resolutions was authorized to confer with the new labor party on tht subject of coalition. Live Stock Markets. Nbw York, Aug. 16 European cables quote American Bteers at llQllc. per dressed weight; refrigerator beef, 9.Ho.

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NtLSO.S ClAKK, ill lhiid St. jullMjT Tha Revolution to Para. Lima, Anpr. 17. President Caceres hits sent reinforcements to the northern prov- I to nttarlt the st.rrmchold of the in- surgento, and is doing Ms utmost to check I the revolution.

If the insurgents succeed I in resisting the attack of the government troops the situation will become serious. Should the rebellion be suppressed the president says that he will propose the Adoption of measures to facilitate Immigration, with a view to the development of the agricultural districts. Jackson Again Anxious to Flgrht. New York, Aug. 17.

The Australian champion, Peter Jackson, said in an interview yo terday that he' was willing to accept the offer of the National Sporting club, of London, England.for a light with J. J. Corbett to a finish for $15,000. He said he did not know that a. fight to a finish could be had there, but now that he knows it he is anxious to bring it off.

An American referee will be nllowed. Wants to ba Governor of Maryland. Baltimore, Aug. 17. Congressman Is-ador Iiayner, of the Fourth district, formally announces his withdrawal from tbe congressional canvass and his candidacy for the governorship of Maryland.

His-nomination to congress has been conceded. For the governorship his opponcut will be Governor Brown. Dlsohitrglug Union Paeiflo Kmployes. Omaha, Aug. 17.

Over 8,000 men have been formally discharged from the Union Pacific as the result of the grei strike and others are being replaced daily. Two hundred and fifty ongineers are included in the list. Some of 4ie engineers and Dremta were with the company for twenty years and upwards. Ra Placed Lineal la Nomination. Chicago, Aug.

17. Burton C. Cook is dying at 6i home in Kvanstewn, from a of the brain. Mr. Cook was enco a man of national fame, and was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, whom he placed in nomination for the presidency In 1864.

He was born in Pittsford, N. Y.t in 1819. Maw President af Wileen Callaga. CuAMBERSBima, Aug. 17.

Rev. K. T. Jeifers, D. principal mt tbe York Collegiate institute, was yesterday elected president of Wilson college.

The institution now baa nearly 860 students enrolled. Dr. Jeffers is a minister of local prominence. EaHrs Murder Warn en and Chllflran. Pretoria, Seuth Africa, Aug.

17. Tht Kaffir rebels at Zont Paaaborg and that district have murder ad numbers of Women and children. The Original Raw Food Ham, THK LATK KINO OF BIAM. generally allowed to be a well meaning and intelligent prince. He showed himself anxious to improve the condition ot his people, even going so far in his desire to ascertain their wants as ta wander about the streets of his capital in disguise, playing the part of a modern Haroun-al-Ruschid, and some amusing stories are told of the scant courtesy he met with from many of his subjects.

Enlightened, humane and high minded, the king promoted justice, concord and tranquility, and put an end to many bad old customs. He may be said to have at least partially abollnbed slavery in his dominions by a proclamation liberating all children of slave parents on their attainment of SI yenrs. THE CASE OF EZETA. The Consul at Kan Pranclsoo Favorable to the Refugees. SAN Francisco, Aug.

17. New and unexpected complications have arisen here in the Eznta case. It became known today that warrants for the arrest of the refugees have been in San Francisco since Tuesday, but owing to dissensions among the local representatives of he government of Satv Salvador the documents cannot be served. The gunboat Bennington continues to cruise off the Heads, beyond tbo threo mile limit, while the lawyers who are representing the San Salvadorean government are endeavoring to natch up the affairs of the local consulate. The trouble here is due to the fact that the consulship is held by a man who owes his appointment to ex-President Ezeta, Rnd Is still loyal to the deposed president, though the now government has recognized him as its official.

Carlos Yringo-yen is the local consul. Nearly three weeks ago he left San Francisco suddenly and went to New York, and it is said now that his purpose was to meet ex-President Ezeta when he should arrive there. Soon afterward Vice Consul Kelley departed for Mexico, leaving the affairs of San Salvador to be looked after by Marino, who formerly represented San Salvador here. Like the consul and vice consul, Marino is friendly to the Ezetas, and will do nothing to jeopardize their cause. As a result the warrants of arrest are lying in Consul Yrlngoyen's office, and there is no one who will officially place them in the hands of the United States marshal.

Consul Yringoyen is speeding back to San Francisco as fast as steam will carry him, but those in a position to know declare he can be depended upon to do nothing that would injure his friend Ezeta. Flttslmmons Ready to "Put Up.i Trenton, Aug. 17. Champion James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons.the middleweight champion, are both in this city, and mutual friends have been trying unsuccessfully to get them to meet each other.

Corbett said to an Associated Press reporter that he would not accept a challenge from Fitzsimmons, who, the champion said, was looking for cheap advertising. Fitzsimmons, he added, must first send an open challenge to the world, and if no others accept it then Corbett wil? take it up, but not otherwise. Captain Glori, manager for Fitzsimmons, says that the money is ready to be put up whenever Cnrtt. he will cover it. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and Improvement nnd tends to pcraontl enjoyment when rightly used.

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A Negress Arrested for Arson. NTACK, N. Aug. M7. Mary Andrews, a colored cook, who claims to have been a cook iu the White House during President Cleveland's former administration, is in the new county jail charged with arson.

She was employed in Mr. C. O. Tiffany's beautiful residence here as head cook. Yesterday she was notified that her services were no longer needed.

She went to her room and shortly afterward the house was discovered to be in flames. The house was saved from destruction by heroic efforts of the firemen. An angry crowd surrounded the prisoner as she was being conveyed through the streets to the station house, aud it required great efforts to save her from bodily injuries. The Famine In Corea. Washington, Aug.

Ye Sing Boo, the Corean minister, received by mail a letter from a friend in Chemulpo, which gives some particulars concerning the famine in Corea. The latter says that tbe conditions of the people iu the famine stricken districts is most distressing. Oi the eight provinces in the kingdom, but three are producing any crops, and it is in these provinces that the recent rebellion iu Corea existed. Men and women wander from place to place homeless and friendless, dying on the street. The opinion is expressed that since the war between China and Japan has broken out the condition of the peop le will be more serious than before.

Forgetfulness Causes a Serioas Wreek. Trentok, Aug. 17. Passenger train No. 11 on the Rock Island road crashed into the dining car just before it reached the depot, making sad havoc of the dining car and seriously injuring five employes.

It was caused by the yard-master forgetting to set the switch, leaving a clear main track. Conductor W. T. Crawford was seriously injured internally: Freeman, a cook, injured on head; Ben Field, porter, injured on head; John J. Anderson, cut on wrists; Perry Coul-son, cut on side and head.

Fireman Killed, Engineer Injured. Albuquerque, X. Aug. 17. No.

8 passenger train, going west on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, was wrecked by a washout at Cubero. The engine was ditched. James Horton, ti reman, was killed and William Morris, engineer, was dangerously injured. So far as known no passengers were injured. Colonel Horue for Cong-resa.

Lynchburg, Aug. 17. The Republican convention for the Sixth district yesterday nominated J. Hampton Hogue for congress. Mr.

Hogue was recently appointed by President Cleveland as consul to Amoy, but the nomination was canceled, and Hogue joined the Republican party. MoCreary Wants to ba Senator. Lexinoton, 17. Congressman J. B.

McCreary is out in a letter to a prominent Democrat here announcing himself as a candidate for United States senator. Senator Blackburn will stand for re-election, and Governor Brown is also a candidate. Congress of Siberian Exiles Prohibited. Vienna, Aug. 17.

Count Vol Ealnoky, the imperial foreign secretary, has forbidden a projected congress at Lemberg of Poles who have suffered Siberian exile, because of the fear that the gathering would make a bad impression at St. Petersburg. Spring Valley Miners to Resume. Spring Valley. Aug.

17. The big strike of miners has ended by an agreement between the coal company and the strikers as to terms. The men resume work next Monday. NUGGETS OF NEWS Idaho Democrats nominated J. R.

Stevenson for governor. The report of a revolution at Montevideo, Uruguay, is unfounded. A dispatch from Berlin says four fresh cases of cholera were reported in east Prussia yesterday. Samuel R. Russsell, the oldest man In Gettysburg, died yesterday of old age.

He was born in 1801. In a speech at Brockville, Grand Chief Arthur, of the Locomotive Brotherhood, strongly condemned Eugene V. Debs. Mrs. Forster, the widow of John Fors-ter.

the English historian and biographer of Charles Dickens, died in London yesterday. The national senate confirmed these postmasters: J. E. Dougherty, Havcr-ford; G. F.

Jffyer, McKeesport; M. S. Long-aker, Pottstown; Albrecht Kneuje, Nor-ristown; Emil Holl, Media; John L. Cum-mings, Mansfield; John H. Osseubeck, Bradford.

rest Vrlt th officer, and Johnson called on bystanders for help. J. Lungsford fired two shots and Fields ran out and fell dead within a few-feet of where he killed a Cherokee named Red Bird a year ago, for which crime he was serving a fifteen year sentence at Tahlequah when he escaped about two months ago. Like a Tale of Olden Tims. Chattanooga, Aug.

17. Mrs. Henry Gentry, wife of a well known farmer living on the Tennessee river seven miles below this city, disappeared iu a ery mysterious manner last week. Wednesday she reappeared, a ghost of her former self, and tells a startling tale. Tom Massingale, a young mountaineer deeply infatuated with her, at the point of a pistol dreed her to accompany him to a cave in Sinai mountain, where he kept her until she escaped and came to this city.

Massingale has fled to the wilds of Sinai mountain, and is beyond hope of capture. Employer Demand Beduoad Wages. Philadelphia, Aug. 17. Yesterday's session of the conference between the representatives of the United Greeu Glass Blowers of the United States and Canada and the wage committee of the Manufacturers' association was spent iu an effort to reach some agreement regarding a scale of wages.

The employers wanted a reduction to meet the tariff changes of the Wilson bill, and the wage committee were unwilling to bear the entire burden of the altered scale. After trying for hours to come to an agreement the conference adjourned until today. A Vicious Negro Unrderer. Sklma, Aug. 17.

Nathan Polhara, colored, shot and killed George Phillips, at Marion Junction, and escaped recently. Yesterday he returned and went to the house of a negro that he was jealous of, and not finding him at home opened fire on the family. Two negro women and two children were his victims. One woman and one child are dead, and the other two are not expected to live. The murderer has so far eluded the officers.

Murdered by Bis Son. Clarksville, Aug. 17. From Riverside, just over the Kentucky line, comes news of a murder resulting from a aomestio quarrel. Edwin Lemasters and his wife indulged in a dispute, the woman finally itening her husband with a Upon the husband's threat to knock her cuwn if she did not drop the weapon a son, W.

L. Lemasters, shot his tuner dead. The boy escaped, but if taught will be lynched..